Cattle-stanchion.



F. NEUMEISTBR dz H. G. BURHOP.

CATTLE summon. APPLIOATiO! nun ran. 14, 1907.

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CATTLE-STANCHION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

Application filed February 14, 1907. Serial No. 357,274.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FERDINAND NEU- MEISTER and HERMAN C. BURHor, bothresiding in Howards Grove, in the county of Sheboygan and State ofWisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements inCattle-Stanchions, of which the following isa description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of thisspecification.

Our invention has relation to improvements in cattle stanchions.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved form of cattlestanchion possessing the advantageous features of con struction ashereinafter more fully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a front elevation of theimproved cattle stanchion; Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1; and Fig. 3 is an end view of the lower connecting bracket, thelower portion of the stanchion bar which is pivoted thereto being alsoshown.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral t indicates the frame of the stallwithin which the stanchion is located. The stanchion proper consists ofthe upright stanchion post 5, the lower bracket or arm 6, the upper arm7, and the pivoted stanchion bar 8.

This stanchion is freely turnable on lower and upper pivots, the lowerpivot consisting of a pintle 9 depending from a medial point of thebracket or arm 6 and turnable freely in the lower beam of the frame andthe upper pivot consisting, preferably, of a bolt depending from andturnable in the top beam of the frame, and rigidly connected to theupper arm 7 ofthe stanchion. The arrangement of this latter pivot could,of course, if desired, be reversed, that is to say, the bolt 10 could berigidly connected to the top beam of the frame and passed freely throughthe upper arm 7.

The lower arm or bracket 6 in order to subserve strength is made ofmetal, and is of the peculiar shape and construction shown. That end ofthe bracket or arm where the lower end of the stanchion post isconnected thereto is provided with an upwardly extending portion 11which is in the form of a socket, said socket receiving the lower end ofthe stanchion post, which lower end is firmly connected in the socket byk means of headed horizontal bolts 12, 12,

which pass through the stanchion post and through the back wall of thesocket, the outer ends of said bolts being threaded to receive nuts 13,13. The opposite end of the bracket or arm 6 is provided with twoparallel upwardly extending ears 14, 14, between which is received thelower end of the stanchion bar 8, said lower end being pivoted on apivot bolt 15 extending across from ear to ear and through the stanchionbar, the ears and pivot bolt being so disposed that the upper end of thestanchion bar may swing toward and away from one of the side beams ofthe frame 1.

It will be noticed that the upper arm 7 is of such length as to extendwithin a short distance of one of the side beams of the frame 4, andthis upper arm is also provided with an elongated slot 16, which slotextends to within a short distance of the outer end of said arm. lVithinthe slot 16 the upper end of the stanchion bar 8 is adapted to work.

Two arms 17, 17 project inwardly from one of the side beams of theframe, and these arms receive therebetween the upper end of the pivotedstanchion bar, when said bar is turned on its pivot toward the left, orin a direction to throw the upper end of said bar outwardly.

Pivoted on the transverse pin 18 intersecting the outer end. of slot 16is a latch 19. The free end of this latch carries a transverse pin 20,the projecting ends of which are adapted to seat themselves in notches21, 21, whenever the stanchion bar is turned on its pivot to the limitof its movement in either direction, whereby the extent of the downmovement of the free end of the latch is limited. The projecting ends ofthe pin also serve as handles for lifting the latch.

It will be noticed that the lower arm 6 is curved or deflecteddownwardly between its ends, as indicated by the numeral 22. This is forthe purpose of permitting the animals neck and head to assume a lowposition, when the animal is lying down, thereby greatly promotingcomfort. The dotted line position of the stanchion bar is the positionsaid bar occupies when the stanchion is open for the insertion of thehead of the cow, or other cattle, and it will be noticed that when saidbar is in this position the stanchion is locked against turning, byreason of the stanchion bar being between the two arms 17 After the headof an animal is passed through the space between the stanchion bar andpost, the upper end of the pivoted stanchion bar is swung inwardly ortoward the right. In being thus swung inwardly it bears against theunder side of the latch 19, and thereby raises the inner end of saidlatch, and the moment the upper end of the pivoted bar clears the end ofthe latch, said latch drops by gravity, and the projecting ends of thepin 20 again seat themselves in the notches 21. The extent of movementof the upper end of bar 8 to the right in this manner is limited bycontact of said upper end with the inner end of slot 16, which occurs atthe time said bar reaches a perpendicular position. The bar, of course,is held locked in this perpendicular position by the latch 19, andremains in said locked position until the latch is raised by graspingthe ends of the pin 20, and exerting a pull upwardly, which is necessaryto be done before the pivoted bar can again be swung toward the left orto an open position. The upper end of stanchion bar 8, as clearly shownin F 1, is beveled in a direction to cause the said up per end of thebar to raise the latch when the bar is turned toward the right; and whenthe bar is turned toward the left, and reaches the limit of its movementin this direction, the beveled upper end of the bar is then clear of thelatch 19, so that said latch is permitted to drop and the projectingends of the pin 20 to engage the notches 21.

hat we claim as our invention is:

1. In a cattle stanchion, the combination with a frame, of a stanchionpivoted to the frame, and consisting of a stanchion post, upper andlower arms extending from the stanchion post, the upper arm beinglongitudinally slotted, and also having a notch or recess in its upperedge, and a stanchion bar pivoted to the lower arm and adapted to beswung toward and away from the stanchion post, the upper end of said barextending into the slot of the upper arm, of a latch disposed in theslot of the upper arm and pivoted within said slot at the end of saidslot which is farthest removed from the stanchion post, the opposite orfree end of said latch provided with a laterally extending projectionadapted to be normally seated in the notch or recess in the upper edgeof the upper arm, to thereby limit the extent of the down movement ofthe free end of the latch, the said projection also serving as a handlefor lifting the latch, and a catch constructed, when the stanchion baris turned in a direction away from the stanchion 30st, for holding thestanchion against turning, said stanchion bar, however, when swungtoward the stanchion post adapted to bear against the under side of thepivoted latch and raise said latch, the bar when swung to its fullextent toward said post passing in advance of the free end of the latch,and thereby permitting said latch to drop and act to lock the bar untilthe latch is moved upwardly on its pivot by an upward pull on theprojection.

2. In a cattle stanchion, the combination with a frame, of a stanchionconsisting of astanchion post, upper and lower arms extending from thestanchion post, the upper arm provided with a pivot extending upwardlyinto the frame, and said lower arm being of metal, and provided at oneend with an upwardly extending end wall and with upwardly extending sidewalls forming a socket into which the lower end of the stanchion post isfitted, and provided at its op Josite end with -upwardly extending ears,and having the portion thereof between its ends downwardly depressed orcurved, and the under side of said arm provided with a central pivotpintle extending into the frame, horizontal bolts passing through thelower end of the stanchion post and through the end wall of the socket,a stanchion bar having its lower end passing between the ears at one endof the lower arm, and a pivot pin passing through said ears and throughthe stanchion bar.

In testimony whereof, we atlix our signa tures, in presence of twowitnesses.

FERDINAND N EUMEISTER. HERB IAN C. BURHOP.

lVitnesses VVILLIAM GEELE, OTTO J. TRILLING.

